As for Trump’s blaming Obama for what's happened in Syria, Linda Qiu at The New York Times does some fact-checking and finds he contradicts himself (14,000+shares). As Qiu writes, “Mr. Trump has repeatedly advocated doing ‘nothing’ in Syria, insisting it is not America’s ‘problem.’”

CNN’s Kaczynski also takes a look back at some earlier Trump statements—this time on North Korea—and finds no contradictions there. In light of comments by a senior White House official that "all options" are on the table to curb the country’s nuclear weapons programs,”We mined Trump's statements on North Korea going back to 1999,” Kaczynski tweets. “He's always been a hawk.” In 2000, for example, Trump said he would bomb North Korea's nuclear reactors. “Typically great digging here,” says Olivier Knox.

Advertisers revolt

Meanwhile, the Sexual Harassment Storm Against O’Reilly and Fox Intensifies, report Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt in The New York Times (35,000 shares). Steel and Schmidt write that, in addition to the “major advertising revolt” from companies pulling their ads from “The O’Reilly Factor,” the National Organization for Women is now calling for O’Reilly’s termination and an independent investigation into the culture at Fox News. Drew Harwell notes, “Not just advertisers watching O'Reilly case closely. Other women are, too - with their own stories of harassment.” Says Lynn Parramore, “Glad to see O’Reilly called out, but there’s PLENTY of sexual harassment in progressive media. Am I right ladies?” And Kate Sommers-Dawes tweets, “So O'Reilly advertisers are unmoved by 2 sexual harassment claims but 5 is a bridge too far.”

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